Planet IKVM-8020 User Manual page 45

8-port Combo KVM Over IP Switch
IKVM-8020
User select box
This selection box displays the user ID for which the values are shown and for which the
changes will take effect. You may change the settings of other users if you have the
required privileges.
Transmission Encoding
The Transmission Encoding setting allows changing the image-encoding algorithm that
is used to transmit the video data to the Remote Console window. It is possible to
optimize the speed of the remote screen processing depending on the number of users
working at the same time and the network bandwidth of the connection line (Modem,
ISDN, DSL, LAN, etc.).
Automatic detection
The encoding and the compression level are determined automatically from the
available bandwidth and the current content of the video image.
Pre-configured
The pre-configured settings deliver the best result because of optimized adjustment of
compression and color depth for the indicated network speed.
Manually
Allows adjusting both compression rate and the color depth individually. Depending on
the selected compression rate the data stream between the IP-KVM and the Remote
Console will be compressed in order to save bandwidth. Since high compression rates
consum more computing power of IP-KVM, they should not be used while several users
are accessing the IP-KVM simultaneously.
The standard color depth is 16 Bit (65536 colors). The other color depths are intended
for slower network connections in order to allow a faster transmission of data. Therefore
compression level 0 (no compression) uses only 16 Bit color depth. At lower bandwidths
only 4 Bit (16 colors) and 2 Bit (4 gray scales) are recommended for typical desktop
interfaces. Photo-like pictures have best results with 4 Bit (16 gray scales). 1 Bit color
depth (black/white) should only be used for extremely slow network connections.
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